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Yan Huang; Azirah Hashim – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This mixed-methods study investigated Chinese tertiary-level students' perceptions of different English accents existing in mainland China. Also examined were their perception changes and factors that contributed to their perception changes. An electronic questionnaire survey was employed to investigate the general trend and the possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Postsecondary Education
Laia Canals; Gisela Granena; Yucel Yilmaz; Aleksandra Malicka – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study investigated the relative effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback on the acquisition of -ing/-ed participial adjectives by Spanish English-as-a-foreign-language learners in video-based computer-mediated communication. Fifty-two participants took part in a communicative task in one of four groups (two experimental and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Video Technology, Feedback (Response), Instructional Effectiveness
Mu-Hsuan Chou – SAGE Open, 2024
This study explored the communication strategies of college students majoring in one of five modern foreign languages (i.e., English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish) and their relation to communication confidence. It also explored the association between their strategy use and the difficulty regarding the speaking components, and students'…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Universities, Chinese
Tahereh Taherian; Majid Elahi Shirvan; Elham Yazdanmehr; Mariusz Kruk; Miroslaw Pawlak – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
The present research used a longitudinal framework to test a model of willingness to communicate (L2WTC), informal digital learning of English (IDLE), and foreign language boredom (FLB) in learning English as a foreign language among 325 Iranian university students attending a course in general English for 4 months via a latent change score…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Informal Education, English (Second Language), Models
Christine Eide – English Teaching Forum, 2025
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of education has found a new normal, with new online courses, tools, educational apps, and artificial intelligence gaining in advancement and popularity. Interactive video is a multimedia tool that allows the viewer to actively engage with the content in the video by making choices and inputting data. In this…
Descriptors: Interactive Video, Online Courses, Learner Engagement, Lesson Plans
Chun Lai; Yang Liu; Yun Lin – Applied Linguistics, 2025
Research has established positive associations between informal digital activities and vocabulary knowledge. However, understanding how different types of digital activities relate to various aspects of vocabulary knowledge is limited. This study examined how the purpose of informal digital activities and strategic engagement during and/or after…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Universities, English (Second Language)
Nesma Bara – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2025
Introduction: Incorporating idiomatic expressions into EFL instruction is widely acknowledged to enhance learners' cultural awareness; however, their inherent metaphorical nature and cultural specificity present considerable challenges for both teachers and students. This study investigates the perspectives of Algerian EFL teachers and students…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ratu Sarah Pujasari; Asri Siti Fatimah; Melisa Sri; Fera Sulastri – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
This study described the potential benefits of implementation of the Metaverse concept in English for Tourism course revealing views from the students' perception. This research used a qualitative descriptive case study to investigate the phenomenon of the use of metaverse at higher educational levels in the Indonesia context. During data…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Maryna Grynova; Nataliia Kononets; Valeriy Zhamardiy; Alla Khomenko; Oksana Kyrylchuk; Yuliia Stryzhak – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
Effective formation of the specialist's personality, as practice shows, is possible only with a holistic and systematic organization of the learning process, which is achieved by modeling. The aim of the study is to develop a model of realization of pedagogical conditions of formation of self-regulatory competence of future foreign language…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Universities
Kira Adams; Sachiko Nakano – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
English education in Japan has traditionally focused on grammar over communication, and the country has struggled to compete internationally in terms of English proficiency scores. As the country works toward the internationalization of higher education, improving English education is an important issue. One potential solution is the use of topics…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Student Motivation, English (Second Language), Sustainable Development
Daloglu, Aysegul – English Language Teaching, 2020
Learner beliefs about how they learn a language best play a vital role in the instructional process and the role of grammar instruction has been a much-debated topic in the research and practice of EFL instruction. This study explores learner beliefs about how they best learn grammar focusing on four construct pairs: meaning-focused versus…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Min Ching Chen; Tak-Wai Chan; Yu Hsin Chen – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2024
Purpose: Podcasting is a new mobile technology application for language learning. Drawing upon the stimulus-organism-response model and the interest driven creator (IDC) theory from e-learning, this study aims to develop and test an integrative conceptual framework. This study investigates contextual and environmental stimuli effects (content…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Audio Equipment
Duyen Thi Le – SAGE Open, 2024
Second language (L2) enjoyment has gained recent interest, but little research has attended to the sources of L2 vocabulary learning enjoyment. Drawing on the regulatory focus theory and the assumption that advancing toward a goal can contribute greatly to learning enjoyment, this study examined the extent L2 vocabulary selves and capacity for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Self Management, College Students
Majid Sadoughi; S. Yahya Hejazi – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
Motivated by the "emotional turn" in applied linguistics and the recent introduction of positive psychology in L2 studies, the present study aimed to validate and shorten the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ) for measuring positive emotions in foreign language learning and classroom settings. To this end, data were collected from…
Descriptors: Validity, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Paria Aria – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research studied the impact of language barriers and cultural experiences on students' perceptions at the University of North Texas. The population of this study were students who had taken a class with a non-native speaking instructor and those who hadn't. Following a mixed-method research approach, online surveys were distributed to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes